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Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by BRIDGEMAKERS.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,328,259
Total expenses
$933,371
Contributions and grants received
$1,327,261
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$998
Investment income
$0
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$453,618
Total liabilities, end of year
$16,874
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$436,744
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$550,835
Management and general expenses
$382,536
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$550,835

Program services were 59.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $309,000

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $1,018,261

  • 2a · Program service revenue: PROGRAM SERVICE FEES

    total $998 · related or exempt $998

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $355,896 · program services $130,218 · management and general $225,678

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $212,101 · program services $206,410 · management and general $5,691

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $32,090 · program services $16,045 · management and general $16,045

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $2,500 · management and general $2,500

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $25,139 · management and general $25,139

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $130,515 · program services $83,790 · management and general $46,725

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,085 · program services $2,085

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $83,359 · program services $71,064 · management and general $12,295

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $8,689 · management and general $8,689

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $14,746 · program services $8,113 · management and general $6,633

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,313 · program services $20,033 · management and general $2,280

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $9,983 · management and general $9,983

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $8,174 · program services $2,344 · management and general $5,830

  • 24a · Other expenses: PROFESIONAL FEES

    total $10,145 · management and general $10,145

  • 24b · Other expenses: TEAM RELATIONS

    total $8,126 · program services $8,126

  • 24c · Other expenses: CONTINIUNG ED

    total $4,903 · management and general $4,903

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $2,607 · program services $2,607

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $48,806 · end of year $216,397

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    end of year $236,821

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    end of year $400

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $500 · end of year $16,874

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    beginning of year $6,450

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $41,856 · end of year $272,393

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    end of year $164,351

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

WE ARE A MOVEMENT OF YOUNG LEADERS CREATING MORE YOUNG LEADERS. TOGETHER WE ARE TRANSFORMING SYSTEMS TO CULTIVATE PURPOSE, PROSPERITY, AND POWER. OUR TWO MAIN ACTIVITIES ARE CHANGEMAKERS, A LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THAT DEVELOPS THE VOICE, STORYTELLING, AND ADVOCACY OF BLACK, INDIGENOUS, AND PEOPLE OF COLOR YOUTH. OUR SECOND PROGRAM IS BRIDGE 2 SUCCESS THAT IS AN ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM THAT INVESTS IN YOUNG PEOPLE'S BUSINESSES AND PROVIDES WORKSHOPS AND TRAINING TO DEVELOP SKILLS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

WE ARE A MOVEMENT OF YOUNG LEADERS CREATING MORE YOUNG LEADERS. VISION: ALL YOUNG PEOPLE LIVE IN PURPOSE, PROSPERITY, AND POWER. MISSION: WE CULTIVATE YOUNG LEADERS TO TRANSFORM YOUTH-SERVING SYSTEMS..

  • THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH RAMSEY COUNTY, WE DEVELOPED THE BRIDGEMAKERS' YOUTH ENTREPRENEUR FELLOWSHIP THAT PREPARES YOUNG PEOPLE FOR A LIFELONG CONTRIBUTION AS AN ENTREPRENEUR AND LEADER. THIS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, DESIGNED FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS AGED 18-25. WE PRIORITIZE YOUTH FROM LOW-INCOME BACKGROUNDS, YOUTH OF COLOR, OR YOUTH OTHERWISE FACING THE MOST ADVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR EFFORTS ON INVESTING IN UNDER-RESOURCED YOUTH ENTREPRENEURS WHO FACE BARRIERS TO TRADITIONAL FUNDING OR SUPPORT SUCH AS LOW-INCOME AND YOUTH OF COLOR. IN OUR 2024-25 COHORT, WE CREATED 8 NEW PRODUCTS TO BE SOLD AND SERVICE PROVIDED TO OUR COMMUNITIES. WITH EACH 8-MONTH COHORT WE INVEST $85,400-$122,000 INTO 7-10 YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS WHO INVEST BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THEIR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT. IN ADDITION, WE ALSO PRODUCED A RESEARCH REPORT ON THE IMPACT OF OUR LAST BRIDGE 2 SUCCESS ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM. SHOWCASING TO THE WORLD, WHAT IMPACT COMES WHEN WE INVEST INTO THE IDEAS OF OUR YOUTH.IN 2024, WE ALSO HIRED TWO NEW PROGRAM STAFF AND ONE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AND A POLICY DIRECTOR. AS WELL AS HIRING AN OPERATIONS DIRECTOR TO EXPAND OUR ABILITY AND IMPACT AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM. THEY SUPPORTED BRIDGEMAKERS IN DEVELOPING NEW PROGRAMS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING EVENTS. WE DEVELOPED A PATHWAY 2 POLICY PROGRAM, WITH THE INTENTION OF GETTING OUR YOUTH MORE INVOLVED IN OUR CIVIC DEMOCRACY AND LEARNING HOW TO NAVIGATE CHANGE ON A POLICY LEVEL. BY DEVELOPING THEIR VOICE AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO TALK AND WORK WITH THOSE IN POWER. IN OCT, WE ALSO STARTED A NEW COMMUNITY ORGANIZING EVENT CALLED INNOVATORS EXCHANGE WHERE WE BROUGHT TOGETHER YOUNG LEADERS AND ENTREPRENEURS FROM THE METRO AREA TO BUILD THEIR NETWORK AND SOCIAL CAPITAL. WITH THE POWER OF BRINGING TOGETHER AMAZING TALENTED LEADERS TO CONNECT AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AND BUILD ON EACH OTHER'S WORK.

    Expenses $550,835 · Revenue $998

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Dario Otero

    BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • April Riordan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Robert Wedl

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Wokie Weah

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Devin Boeing

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Caelyn Steele

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Natasha Loya

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5

  • Walter Cortina Martinez

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $86,125
    From this org
    $68,125
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,000
    Hours/week
    45

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
16 April 2025
IRS schema version
2023v6.0
Source object
202511089349301121

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